Sims’ Will Wright Dubbed BAFTA Fellow
By Shawn on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 at 1:35 PM PST In Capcom, Computer, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Games, Microsoft, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nintendo, Sony
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that it has named Sims creator Will Wright as a fellow. This prestigious honor has been awarded to artists such as Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg.
The award is a first in video game history, and recognizes the impact games have had on films and pop culture.
Hilary Bevan Jones, chairwoman of BAFTA, said: “Will’s immense, creative body of work and his continued contribution to the industry make him a most worthy recipient of the fellowship and being such a pioneer, we are thrilled that he will be the first person to receive this honor.”
Games up for awards at the October 23 British Academy Video Games Awards include:
- Nintendo’s Wii Sports leads with seven nominations
- Gears of War from Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios with six nominations
- Crackdown from Realtime Worlds and Microsoft Game Studios
- God of War II from SCE Santa Monica Studio and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
- Okami from Clover and Capcom have five noms each.
via Variety
There you have it. Official recognition of games as art. Now please send a copy of this to that JT guy would you ?
How about Roger Ebert while we’re at it…
I think games are as much art as TV or radio is…however, that would seem to apply in this case. I think it’s given to a good person as well, in terms of what they achieved. I remember Sim City on the SNES…good fun.
Will Wright…
When does the sims 3 comes out?
I hope soon
I don’t think that there has been a bigger impact on gaming than the sims.
The Sims and Sims 2 have invented a new genre in gaming “real life sim”
and in my opinion the sims allows you to live your own life again how you want